Teapot



NOV. 8, 1932. w IT E 1,886,415

TEAPOT Filed Jan. 17. 1931 INVENTOR William K Afifohell svz ATTORNEY Patented Nov. ,8, 1932 UNITED STATES PA'rE 'r OFFICE WILLIAM R. MITCHELL, 02E YONKERS, NEW YORK TEAPOT Application filed. January 17, 1931. Serial No. 509,358.

This invention relates to tea pots. The it on. This rim may have a straight upper use of tea balls or cartridges for making edg e instead of being rounded. tea is becoming universal. The use of the (Jut through theperlphery of and into the ordinarily constructed tea pot for making run 13 at any point but preferably on the tea with these balls presents many ditficulside of the body is a slight recess 14 which 55 ties among which are the necessity of holdmay be slightly V-shaped and WhlCl'l coming the string of the ball over or near the munlcates with a straight narrow slot 15 opening of the pot into which the boihng formed in the body 10, for a purpose whlch water is poured often resulting in the burnwill be presently explained.

ing of the hand and/or the falling of the I11 usmg my improved pot, the tea ball 16 60 string with the colored tag into the water. 1s placed lnside with the bag portion rest- These drawbacks of the ordinary tea pots ing on the bottom. The string 17 is then are overcome in my present invention by proinserted through the V-shaped recess 14 and viding a tea pot with means carried by the slot 15, the shape of the recess facilitatlng 1- rim of the pot for effectively and securely its insertion. When 1n this pos1ti0n the '65 holding the string with its tag, preventing string 1s held between the walls of the slot it from falling into the pot. With my imand is guided by sa1d walls in any furproved device, the tea ball, after the tea ther movement and any inward movement has brewed sufiiciently, may be raised to the of sand string Wlll cause the tag 18 on the Eu top of the pot above the water and held string to engage the outer surface of the body 70 there, thus preventing the tea from becomand stop any further movement of the strlng ing steeped and at the same time hiding the or tag, thus preventing the tag and string unsightly tea ball from View when the cover from falling into the pot. is on the pot. In the form shown in Flgures 3 and 4, the

2 An important object of my invention is device comprises a fiat spring member con 75 to provide such a tea pot that is simple in slst ng'of a curved body portlon 19 termiconstruction and economical to manufacture. natmg 1n a curved end 20 on one side and a Other advantages of my improved tea pot slmllar curved end 21 on the opposite side, will be in part pointed out and in part obthe end 21 being curved outwardly and upvious from the description thereof to follow wardly'to a point substantially to the top 80 taken in connection with the accompanying of the body portion. This curved portion drawing, in which- 21 1s slitted as at 22 which slit may be nar- Fi 1 i a id i f my i d row and straight or substantially V-shaped. tea pot with a tea ball mounted therein. Thls devlce because of the 1nh,er ent p g Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary i ness of the material of WlllCh 1t is composed 5' of a detail. may be sprung over the rim of almost any Figure 3 is a modified form of my inven- Pot no mattfir t the Shape of sald mm tion. may be. It is readily mounted and removed 40 Figure 4 is a perspective view of the form fd The upper mirved Show-n in Figure 3. lOIl 1s a ap e to rest snug y agamst the rim of the pot and when thus positioned will not interfere with the closing of the lid.

In using the device the string of the tea ball is run over the top of the body portion Referring to Figures 1 and 2 my improved tea pot .comprises the usual bulbous shaped body portion 10, with spout 11 and hinged 11d The P y y be m of metal: and through the slit 22, the walls of which y other Sultabla malflel'lal and m y of will guide its further movement and the tag course be shaped as desll The 1161 m y will engage its walls preventing any further be detachably mounted instead of hinged. movement as will be understood. When the A head 13 forms the rim of the upper open tea is sufliciently brewed, the ball may be 50 ing and cooperates with the lid 12 in holding pulled out of the water to the top of the pot adjacent the rim and if the strin is inserted in this slit the walls thereof Wlll hold the ball in this position out of the water and out of sight when the lid is closed.

While I have illustrated several forms of my invention, it will be understood that changes might be made therein in details and I deslre to be limited only by the state of the prior art and the appended claim.

I claim:

A teapot for use with a tea-bag having the usual string and tag on the free end of the string, comprising a body container with an open top and a rim defining the opening and for supporting the lid of the teapot,

means on said rim for holding the string and tag of the tea-bag from falling into the body container when the lid is removed and during the pouring of the hot water into the container upon the tea-bag, said means comprising a slot in the rim of such depth and width as to receive and hold the string of a teabag freely insertable and removable through the slot, said tag engaging the rim to hold the string and tag from passing entirely through the slot when the tea-bag is in the body container.

WILLIAM K. MITCHELL. 

